Head Of Children’s Physical Health Therapies - band 8b

Job summary

Head of children's physical health therapies- Band 8b

We are building capacity in our senior leadership and management team so our services can be supported to grow. This post will work closely with the Head of Service for Community Children's Nursing and our medical lead for Paediatrics. Across the range of services we are meeting the therapy needs of children with increasingly complex needs in special schools, their own home, clinic and hospital in-reach settings. We share in the trust's priority of integrating children's community health services to enable us to offer the best experience for our children, young people, families and carers.

Within this portfolio is children's Occupational Therapy, Physiotherapy, Speech and Language Therapy Communication, Speech and Language Therapy dysphagia, Dietetics (sub-contract with acute provider), AHP neonatal service (launching October 2023) and specialist children's respiratory physiotherapy service. Teams are skill-mixed across settings, valuing and learning from everyone's contribution to looking after our children and young people. We are supporting advanced and specialist practice to a high standard. This role will provide professional leadership to all AHPs working within children's physical health services and will share the chair of child death meetings with the Head of Service for Children's Community Nursing.

Main duties of the job

portfolio of services. The post holder will be a key member of the Senior Management Team (SMT) managing the specialist service line and will be pivotal in ensuring that positive outcomes for patients and staff are achieved.

The post-holder will be responsible for ensuring that services are delivered safely; to a high standard and within budget. There will be a need to be transformative and innovative as services expand and relationships across the system are developed to meet local needs

They will work with others to continuously improve services, ensure service user and carer experience is positive; services are responsive and accessible and transitions between services are smooth and seamless.

They will ensure that clinical governance mechanisms are in place, driven at a local level, ensuring lessons are learnt and experience informs 'best practice'. This will include working with Safety & Quality colleagues to ensure that lessons are proactively learnt via the appropriate formal and informal processes, and that complaints and concerned are managed to communicate effectively with stakeholders.

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About us

Coventry and Warwickshire Partnership NHS Trust provides a full range of physical, mental health and learning disability services to children, young adults, adults and older adults over many sites across Coventry, Warwickshire and Solihull. The Trust currently holds a 'Good' CQC rating.

We exist to make a positive difference to the health and wellbeing of people and communities who need our services. This is our core purpose and the reason we come to work every day. We're always on the lookout for people who share this passion, as well as our values of compassion, respect, excellence, collaboration and integrity.

We put 'people at our heart', and this ethos is at the centre of everything we do and how we do it. We care for our staff and colleagues as much as they care for others.

We have an extensive wellbeing package to support our staff both in and out of work and our flexible working policy promotes a good work-life balance. We are also able to offer relocation packages for those that need them.

We know our staff are our greatest asset which is why we invest in training and development opportunities, and our leadership teams are dedicated to continuous professional and personal development.

At CWPT we lead by example, and we're transforming our services to better meet the needs of our communities. We listen to the feedback of our staff and service users, to ensure everyone has a voice and is recognised and valued for their contribution.